Baroque Gold: 100 Great Tracks

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Label: DECCA
Catalog: 4832158
Format: CD

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• Decca presents a premium collection of the 100 most beautiful Baroque moments with the greatest period performers of the music of the era. • The set comprises of 6 CDs presented in a stylish capbox with gold foiling accompanied by a 24-page booklet with an introductory note and composer images/illustrations • Favourite works featured include Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Handel’s Messiah, Pachelbel’s Canon, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill” Sonata, Rameau’s Overture Les Indes Galante and Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo. Beyond that, a wide array of composers offer a fascinating historical and geographic tour of the era – Among others, Scarlatti and Vivaldi from Italy, Lully and Marais in France, Bach in Germany, Blow and Purcell from England. • Including period performances from luminaries such as Emma Kirkby, Ottavio Dantone, Christophe Rousset, Christopher Hogwood and John Eliot Gardiner, as well as more recent releases from Lucie Horsch, Janine Jansen, and Mahan Esfahani

Price: $35.99